Génesis 23:8

8 y les dijo:—Si les parece bien que yo entierre aquí a mi difunta, les ruego que intercedan ante Efrón hijo de Zojar

Génesis 23:8 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 23:8

And he communed with them
Entered into a discourse and conversation with them upon the above subject: saying, if it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight;
that is, in some place belonging to them, otherwise they could have no objection to the burying of his wife anywhere else: if now what they had said were not spoken in a complaisant way, but it was their real mind and will, and they were sincere and hearty in it, and very desirous of obliging him with a place among them for the interment of his dead; then he had this favour to ask of them: hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar;
a principal man among the Hittites, who had a field and a cave in it, near where Abraham dwelt, and very convenient for him, and for this purpose of his now under consideration: this man seems to be present at this time, as appears from ( Genesis 23:10 ) ; but Abraham did not think fit to address him himself, lest he should not so well and so easily succeed; and therefore entreats the princes of Heth to unite in a request to Ephron for the favour after mentioned, which he supposed they would not be backward to, if they were hearty in this affair; and, if Ephron was present, as he seems to be, it was a very handsome, honourable, and modest address to him through his brethren, which he could not with any politeness well withstand. The request follows:

Génesis 23:8 In-Context

6 —Escúchenos, señor; usted es un príncipe poderoso entre nosotros. Sepulte a su esposa en el mejor de nuestros sepulcros. Ninguno de nosotros le negará su tumba para que pueda sepultar a su esposa.

7 Abraham se levantó, hizo una reverencia ante los hititas del lugar,

8 y les dijo:—Si les parece bien que yo entierre aquí a mi difunta, les ruego que intercedan ante Efrón hijo de Zojar

9 para que me venda la cueva de Macpela, que está en los linderos de su campo. Díganle que me la venda en su justo precio, y así tendré entre ustedes un sepulcro para mi familia.

10 Efrón el hitita, que estaba sentado allí entre su gente, le respondió a Abraham en presencia de todos ellos y de los que pasaban por la puerta de su ciudad: